Sunday, June 25, 2006

I'd seen the band during the Ok Computer tour and to say they have improved would be a gross understatment.

they have managed the unique feat of not only improving as a band but taking their work to another artistic level.

They played some great tracks from Ok Computer..Kid A, Hail to Thief and Amnesiac as well 6 new songs!!!

The new music they are playing is a progression of their past music but very different...

dare I say...more "funky"...

The visuals of the show were top notch..they used this cool style of focusing on each member of the band and puting them on odd shaped video screens...while using some filter that gave them this high contrast look...amazing..it must be seen to be believed..

I've been lucky enough to see many great bands live but this show with it's perfect set list and an encore of "Fake Plastic Trees" pushes it into my top three of all time fave shows...

01 Airbag02 2+2=503 Where I End And You Begin04 15 Step05 Kid A06 Dollars And Cents07 Down Is The New Up08 Nude 09 Paranoid Android10 No Surprises11 The Gloaming12 All I Need13 Climbing Up The Walls14 Go Slowly15 Myxomatosis16 Bangers 'N Mash17 How To Disappear Completely

Encore 118 Fake Plastic Trees19 Arpeggi20 Black Star21 True Love Waits (Thom only on Rhodes, intro to EIIRP)22 Everything In Its Right Place

Friday, June 23, 2006

Back in the day I used to draw this comic called Blood Strike..it was about a group of super soliders that would get killed and get reanimated by the government.

High concept...

high bodycount...

I was brought in as the monthly penciller and co-writer on the series as part of a reboot of the original series...

...we were allowed to do whatever we wanted pretty much...so being that I was a kid at the time..I just wanted to draw guns and shit blowing up and lots of covert ops type crap...with lots of little lines and scratchy detail...my motto was.... when in doubt render the shit out of it...

I was able to hold down a monthly book so I found myself working my butt off on this series..and having to cut some corners to make it come in on time...This was a great boot camp because it pushed me to work hard and to learn when to let a page go...I would not say it was my best work...but it was a great learning experience for me...

that being said...the book was well received by many fans and still holds a place in their hearts..everytime I do a convention I am asked to sign the books and it brings back fond memories of a time when I used to draw whatever crazy thing that came to mind...not to mention I was paid obscene amounts of money to do it...such was the way of comics back in the day...

ahhhh...good times...

That brings me to the other week..I was going through my out of control archives...

(sounds like a big vault..but it's really just a couple of boxes in studio closet)

and I found some artwork from the Blood Strike era...going on 10 or more years old..it hurt my eyes..but warmed my heart at the same time...I've taken a few pieces and put them on ebay...to make money for the publishing of my new graphic novel..(got to be a forward thinker.)

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About Me

I got my start in the Comic Book industry working for Marvel, DC and
Image Comics. I started my own publishing company Hyperwerks where I
published comics for almost 8 years. I've spent the last few years in
the toy industry. I am now developing toy inventions and intellectual
properties for toy companies, Comic Books, TV, Movies and beyond.